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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Interior of the Blades' Cathedral
SECURITY
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The order of the Sacred Blades was never really meant to hold territory - sure a temple or academy to serve as a headquarters and safe place for recruits and children, but it was never even considered that they might find themselves entrusted with the administration of an entire planet. With a wide variety of war crimes and Genocide carried by both sides of a war between the remnant of dark-side nathema zealots and zealous crusaders whose hatred pushed them over the edge into darkness, that very quickly was changed, and they were given the charge of bringing both sides to Ashla's warmth and cleansing the planet of whatever dark influences remain, and so they did. It wasn't too long after this evolution that plans were drawn for the Citadel of the Ancient Blades.
Eventually planned to be merely a shining temple on a tall mountain range, soon plans were drawn up for the Citadel to become the true capital of Nathema, including a proper town, consular facilities, and the necessary amenities to function as the administrative center for an entire agriworld. An extensive facility was constructed to serve as the primary headquarters for the Sacred Blades throughout the galaxy. Using traditional architecture and modern construction techniques, the sprawling citadel has become a shining beacon for the people of Nathema, serving as a symbol of the new order on the planet, which seeks not to conquer or purge but to purify, cleanse, and make new.
- Intent: Create the new Headquarters for the Sacred Blades
- Image Credit: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Canon: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: N/A
- Structure Name: Citadel of the Sacred Blades
- Classification: Planetary Administration, Force Order Headquarters
- Location: Nathema
- Affiliation: Ashlan Military Order of the Sacred Blades
- Accessibility: Contrary to their former headquarters at Blades Rest, the Citadel is in a much more easily accessible area, though both the town and keep/palace are fortified and guarded. The Keep/Palace that forms the citadel proper is accessible only across a bridge from Citadel Village, and while visitors are welcome, they are vetted, and only allowed in public parts of the Castle without being escorted by a Blade or having specific authorization. There are landing fields directly outside of the citadel for public access and hangars built into the mountain for access by Blades and specially authorized Ashlan personnel.
- Description: The Blades Citadel is a massive monastery and town built in a mountainous area of the planet Nathema, serving as a headquarters for the order's common operation and as the capital of the Nathema's planetary administration. After a series of atrocities committed by overzealous crusaders against the remnants of the dark-sided Nathema Zealots still present on the planet, the Blades were brought in both to cure the zealots of Bogan's filth, and dispense justice to those crusaders who had themselves fallen to the dark side in this great destruction. Establishing themselves as the planetary government of Nathema, they've erected a large village and town to serve as the headquarters for their quickly growing order. Like their former headquarters, all of the fortification walls are ray-shielded, and an extremely powerful defense shield can be raised during times of duress.
Interior of the Blades' Cathedral
- Citadel Town
- A proper town, full of civilians, residences, stores, workshops, and all the other amenities expected of the small capital of an agriworld undergoing rehabilitation.
- Accommodations for visiting pilgrims, minor dignitaries, tourists, and other temporary visitors to the town or citadel proper.
- Consular facilities for other Knightly Orders, other Force Orders, and governments who have businesses with the Sacred Blades or Nathema
- Medical Center for the use of the civilians or for injuries and illnesses better suited to traditional modern medicine than force healing
- Several faux buildings hiding projectors for both the ray shields and the main defense shield.
- Citadel of the Blades
- Accommodations for visiting dignitaries, Ashlan Clergy, Knightly Order Personnel, the sacred blade, and others with special authorization.
- A variety of training facilities for knights and squires, meditation rooms and smithy facilities.
- Special meeting halls for special groups within the order (e.g. shadows, sages, weapon masters, etc. etc. etc.)
- Large archives of holobooks, holocrons, datacrons, physical books and scrolls, and other media and artifacts pertaining to the order
- Stables for various sorts of mounts, including several Serianan Griffons, among others.
- A variety of Mess Facilities, Gardening Facilities, Medical Facilities, and other necessary facilities to keep the day-to-day affairs of the Citadel working like clockwork.
- Citadel Keep:a four-story-tall administrative building housing the executive authorities.
- Council Chambers for the High Council, Council of Shadows, and Military Council
- Command/Planning centers for military and humanitarian operations
- Council Chambers for the Executive Council tasked with managing the affairs of the Planet.
- Offices, Server rooms, file rooms, and other administrative rooms to cover the day-to-day operations of both the Knightly Order and the planetary government of Nathema
- Hangar facilities for starfighters and shuttles used by members of the Sacred Blades and high-ranking Ashlan Dignitaries
- Blades' Cathedral: a massive, toweringcathedral with belltowers that rise high above the regional landscape, standing visible for miles to see - serving as the spiritual center of the blades and built upon a strong light-sided force nexus)
- a massive cathedral hall capable of holding a plethora of religious services, knighting ceremonies, sword christenings, weddings, dedication ceremonies, as well as daily prayers and meditation, religious counseling, and other rites, sacraments, and services provided by the Blades' and their assigned clergy.
- Rectory facilities for assigned clergy, visiting clergy, knights and prisoners assigned to meditative cloister, and other cathedral staff
- plenty of alcoves for meditation and prayer to Ashla
- Directly under the Citadel (still under the influence of the nexus), is located a small holding facility for darksiders who are close to being released to meditative cloister.
- Hallowed Catacombs:
- Extensive catacombs holding relics and remains of Blades' killed in the line of duty or living exemplary lives for Ashlan followers (paramount to Saintdom)
- Hidden, secure, vault for dangerous dark sided artifacts slated for purification or destruction.
- hypermatter reactor complex to provide power to the shield generator and other equipment
SECURITY
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- Permanent rotating contingent of at least 200 Knights and Squires on the premises at all times
- Permanent deployment of 5,000 Men At Arms to provide additional security and law enforcement
- Modernized DSS-02 Shield Generator
- emergency distress beacon
The order of the Sacred Blades was never really meant to hold territory - sure a temple or academy to serve as a headquarters and safe place for recruits and children, but it was never even considered that they might find themselves entrusted with the administration of an entire planet. With a wide variety of war crimes and Genocide carried by both sides of a war between the remnant of dark-side nathema zealots and zealous crusaders whose hatred pushed them over the edge into darkness, that very quickly was changed, and they were given the charge of bringing both sides to Ashla's warmth and cleansing the planet of whatever dark influences remain, and so they did. It wasn't too long after this evolution that plans were drawn for the Citadel of the Ancient Blades.
Eventually planned to be merely a shining temple on a tall mountain range, soon plans were drawn up for the Citadel to become the true capital of Nathema, including a proper town, consular facilities, and the necessary amenities to function as the administrative center for an entire agriworld. An extensive facility was constructed to serve as the primary headquarters for the Sacred Blades throughout the galaxy. Using traditional architecture and modern construction techniques, the sprawling citadel has become a shining beacon for the people of Nathema, serving as a symbol of the new order on the planet, which seeks not to conquer or purge but to purify, cleanse, and make new.
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